Jennifer Ehle
Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice
Born	December 29, 1969 (1969-12-29) (age 37) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Spouse(s)	Michael Ryan (2001-present)
Notable roles	Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (1995) Christabel LaMotte in Possession (2002)

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Biography

Ehle was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA to English actress Rosemary Harris and American author John Ehle. She spent her childhood between the UK and America, attending 18 schools. She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts before moving to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. In 1992, she was plucked from the latter by Peter Hall to star in the mini-series The Camomile Lawn. Four years later, her performance as Elizabeth Bennet gained her a BAFTA award. After a stint with the Royal Shakespeare Company, she had her first major film role in Paradise Road. Her success continued as she won critical acclaim and a Tony Award for her 2000 Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. Her mother was also nominated for the same award that year (Best Performance by a Leading Actress) for her role in Waiting in the Wings. After a hiatus, she returned to the stage in 2005 in The Philadelphia Story at the Old Vic opposite Kevin Spacey. In June 2006 she starred as Lady Macbeth, opposite Liev Schreiber in The Public Theater's production of Macbeth, as part of the Shakespeare in the Park series. Winston-Salem is a city located in Forsyth County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Rosemary Harris (born September 19, 1930[1] in Ashby, Suffolk, England) is an Academy Award nominated English actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. ... Cosette Dwyer is an amazing author. ... John Ehle (born December 13, 1925 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American writer known best for fictional novels set in the Appalachian mountains. ... An arts conservatory of international renown, the North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. ... The Central School of Speech and Drama is a United Kingdom government funded higher education college in London. ... Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall (born 22 November 1930) is a British theatre and film director. ... Produced by Channel 4 Television Corporation in 1992 this was a vivid and lively television drama of wartime London and Cornwall as seen through the eyes of five cousins. ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. ... Paradise Road is a 1997 film which tells the story of a group of women who are imprisoned in Sumatra during World War II. It is directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as beatific Adrienne Pargiter, Frances McDormand as the brash Dr. Verstak, Pauline Collins as missionary Margaret... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Tom Stoppard in a 1985 documentary for the film Brazil Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE (born Tomáš Straussler on July 3, 1937) is an Academy Award winning British playwright. ... The Real Thing is a play by Tom Stoppard, first performed in 1982. ... Waiting in the Wings was Northwestern Universitys 74th annual Waa-Mu show. ... The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic screwball comedy starring Jimmy Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. ... The exterior of the Old Vic from the corner of Baylis Road and Waterloo Road. ... Kevin Spacey (born Kevin Spacey Fowler[1] on July 26, 1959) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor (film and stage) and director. ...

Forthcoming films include Road to the Sky, an Indian-US co-production directed by Santosh Sivan and Pride and Glory with Edward Norton and Colin Farrell. Alpha Male, directed by Dan Wilde, has been released in the United Kingdom. From October 2006 until May 2007 she is in The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, for which she was nominated for another Tony award. Santosh Sivan (born in Trivandrum, India) is an Indian cinematographer and film director. ... Pride And Glory is an upcoming film to be released in 2007 written by Joe Carnahan and director Gavin O Carnahan. ... Edward H. Norton[1] (born August 18, 1969) is a critically acclaimed two-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American film actor and director. ... Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor who has appeared in several high-profile Hollywood films including Daredevil, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth and S.W.A.T. // Farrell was born prematurely, weighing 1 pound 6 ounces, in Castleknock, Dublin to Rita and Eamon Farrell. ... The Coast of Utopia is a 2002 trilogy of plays by Tom Stoppard, focused on the philosophical debates in pre-revolutionary Russia between 1833 and 1866. ... Tom Stoppard in a 1985 documentary for the film Brazil Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE (born Tomáš Straussler on July 3, 1937) is an Academy Award winning British playwright. ... The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a Broadway theatre at the Lincoln Center. ...

Personal life

Ehle dated actors Toby Stephens, from The Camomile Lawn, and Colin Firth, Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. Ehle is now married to the writer Michael Ryan and they have a young son, George. They currently reside in upstate New York. Toby Stephens (born April 21, 1969) is an English stage, television and film actor, best known for playing supervillain Gustav Graves in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002) and Edward Fairfax Rochester in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre (2006). ... Produced by Channel 4 Television Corporation in 1992 this was a vivid and lively television drama of wartime London and Cornwall as seen through the eyes of five cousins. ... Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor. ... NY redirects here. ...

Film

• Pride and Glory (2007) as Abby Tierney
• Road to the Sky (2007)
• Alpha Male (2006) as Betsy Chase
• The River King (2005) as Betsy Chase
• Possession (2002) as Christabel LaMotte
• Sunshine (1999) as Valerie Sonnenschein
• This Year's Love (1999) as Sophie
• Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) as Sally
• Paradise Road (1997) as Rosemary Leighton-Jones
• Wilde (1997) as Constance Lloyd Wilde
• Backbeat (1994) as Cynthia Powell

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Television

• Pride and Prejudice (1995) as Miss Elizabeth Bennet
• The Camomile Lawn (1992) as Young Calypso

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Theatre

• The Coast of Utopia [November 2006-May 2007:Vivian Beaumont Theater (Broadway)]--Trilogy: Voyage- Liubov Bakunin (opened November 2006),Shipwrecked- Natalie Herzen (opened December 2006), Salvage- Malwida von Meysenbug (opened February 2007)
• Macbeth [June 2006: Delacorte Theater,Shakespeare in the Park]- Lady Macbeth
• The Philadelphia Story [May 3-July 23 2005: Old Vic] - Tracy Lord
• Design for Living [February 2001: American Airlines Theatre/Roundabout Theatre Company (Broadway)] - Gilda
• The Real Thing [March 29-August 2000: Barrymore Theater (Broadway)] - Annie
• The Real Thing [January 13-March 18, 2000: Albery Theatre (Donmar in the West End)] - Annie
• Summerfolk [September & October 1999: National Theatre] - Varvara Mikhailovna
• The Real Thing [June & July 1999: Donmar Warehouse] - Annie
• Richard III [1995-96: Royal Shakespeare Company] - Lady Anne
• Painter of Dishonour [1995-96: Royal Shakespeare Company] - Serafina
• The Relapse [1995-96: Royal Shakespeare Company] - Amanda
• Breaking the Code [1992: Triumph Productions tour] - Pat Green
• Tartuffe [1991: Peter Hall Company] - Elmire
• 1959 Pink Thunderbird [Edinburgh Festival]
• Laundry and Bourbon [Edinburgh Festival]

Awards

• 1991 — Ian Charleson Award for Tartuffe (play)
• 1992 — Radio Times Award (Best Newcomer) for The Camomile Lawn (TV)
• 1996 — BAFTA TV Award for Pride and Prejudice
• 1999 — BAFTA Film Award Nomination for Wilde
• 2000 — Tony Award for The Real Thing (play)
• 2000 — Laurence Olivier Theatre Award Nomination for The Real Thing (play)
• 2000 — Variety Club Showbusiness Award The Real Thing (play)
• 2000 — Outer Critics Award Nomination The Real Thing (play)
• 2000 — Genie Award Nomination for Sunshine
• 2001 — Golden Satellite Award for Sunshine (shared with Rosemary Harris)
• 2007 — Outer Critics Circle Nomination for Coast of Utopia (play)

External links

• Jennifer Ehle at the Internet Movie Database
• Jennifer Ehle at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jennifer Ehle fan site: filmography, biography and a comprehensive collection of articles and images
• Jennifer Ehle fan blog: news and links
• Fan interview with Jennifer Ehle: 100+ questions from fans answered by e-mail
• Production: The Coast of Utopia Working in the Theatre at American Theatre Wing, March 2007